REARVIEW MIRROR ASSEMBLY
First Claim
1. An interior rearview mirror assembly for a vehicle, said interior rearview mirror assembly comprising:
- a mirror reflective element;
a rear mirror casing;
a mirror backplate;
wherein said mirror backplate includes a generally planar attachment portion for attaching at a rear surface of said mirror reflective element and includes a pivot element for pivotally mounting said interior rearview mirror assembly at an interior portion of the vehicle, and wherein said pivot element and said generally planar attachment portion are integrally formed to establish a unitary mirror backplate;
wherein said pivot element comprises a socket element for receiving a ball member of a mirror mounting assembly; and
wherein said mirror backplate comprises a perimeter flange and wherein said rear mirror casing is configured to at least partially receive said perimeter flange and is configured to attach to said perimeter flange.
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Abstract
A rearview mirror assembly includes a mirror reflective element, a front mirror casing portion configured to receive the mirror reflective element, a rear mirror casing and a mirror backplate. The mirror backplate includes a generally planar attachment portion for attaching at a rear surface of the mirror reflective element and includes a perimeter flange circumscribing a perimeter of the generally planar attachment portion. The perimeter flange is partially received in the rear mirror casing portion and partially received in the front mirror casing portion, and the perimeter flange couples the front and rear mirror casing portions to the mirror backplate.
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21 Claims
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1. An interior rearview mirror assembly for a vehicle, said interior rearview mirror assembly comprising:
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a mirror reflective element; a rear mirror casing; a mirror backplate; wherein said mirror backplate includes a generally planar attachment portion for attaching at a rear surface of said mirror reflective element and includes a pivot element for pivotally mounting said interior rearview mirror assembly at an interior portion of the vehicle, and wherein said pivot element and said generally planar attachment portion are integrally formed to establish a unitary mirror backplate; wherein said pivot element comprises a socket element for receiving a ball member of a mirror mounting assembly; and wherein said mirror backplate comprises a perimeter flange and wherein said rear mirror casing is configured to at least partially receive said perimeter flange and is configured to attach to said perimeter flange. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. An interior rearview mirror assembly for a vehicle, said interior rearview mirror assembly comprising:
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a mirror reflective element; a front mirror casing portion configured to receive said mirror reflective element; a rear mirror casing portion; a mirror backplate; wherein said mirror backplate includes a generally planar attachment portion for attaching at a rear surface of said mirror reflective element and includes a perimeter flange circumscribing a perimeter of said generally planar attachment portion; and wherein said perimeter flange is partially received in said rear mirror casing portion and partially received in said front mirror casing portion, and wherein said perimeter flange couples said front and rear mirror casing portions to said mirror backplate. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A rearview mirror assembly for a vehicle, said rearview mirror assembly comprising:
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a mirror reflective element; a mirror casing; a mirror backplate; wherein said mirror backplate includes a generally planar attachment portion for attaching at a rear surface of said mirror reflective element; and a perimeter lighting device disposed at least partially along a periphery of said mirror reflective element, wherein said perimeter lighting device is operable to emit light so as to generally illuminate at least one of (i) a perimeter region of said mirror casing and (ii) a perimeter region of said mirror reflective element. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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Specification